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Collins v. Davis

The father was entitled to a direct appeal from the modification of his monthly child support payment because the award was included in an order that also modified visitation.

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In 2007, Brian Lamar Collins filed a petition to legitimate his nine-year-old daughter, and a Walton County Superior Court judge issued final orders regarding child custody and visitation and requiring Collins to pay child support. Approximately four years later, the mother, De Anna Davis, filed a petition for modification of custody, visitation, and child support, as well as a motion for contempt and a demand for attorney fees. Collins counterclaimed, requesting a downward modification of child support. On December 30, 2011, the trial judge issued a final order, establishing a new visitation schedule and ordering a reduction in Collins’ child support payment.

Collins filed an application for discretionary review, specifically challenging the court’s order with respect to child support, claiming the trial court should have further decreased his child support payment. He does not appeal the new visitation schedule. We granted Collins’ application for discretionary review for the sole purpose of determining whether Collins properly applied for discretionary review or whether he was, in fact, entitled to a direct appeal. After a thorough review of the case, we find that Collins was entitled to a direct appeal in this case. However, because Collins’ enumerations of error lack merit, we affirm the trial court’s order.

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